Director
Philip Kaufman
DIRECTOR
Stars (in credits order)
Sam Shepard
Chuck Yeager
Scott Glenn
Alan Shepard
Ed Harris
John Glenn
Dennis Quaid
Gordon Cooper
Fred Ward
Gus Grissom
Barbara Hershey
Glennis Yeager
Kim Stanley
Pancho Barnes
Veronica Cartwright
Betty Grissom
Pamela Reed
Trudy Cooper
Scott Paulin
Deke Slayton
Charles Frank
Scott Carpenter
Lance Henriksen
Wally Schirra
Donald Moffat
Lyndon B. Johnson
Levon Helm
Jack Ridley
Mary Jo Deschanel
Annie Glenn
Scott Wilson
Scott Crossfield
Kathy Baker
Louise Shepard
Mickey Crocker
Marge Slayton
Susan Kase
Rene Carpenter
Mittie Smith
Jo Schirra
Royal Dano
Minister
David Clennon
Liaison Man
Jim Haynie
Air Force Major
Jeff Goldblum
Recruiter
Harry Shearer
Scott Beach
Chief Scientist
Jane Dornacker
Nurse Murch
Anthony Muñoz
Gonzales
John P. Ryan
Head of Program
Darryl Henriques
Life Reporter
Eric Sevareid
William Russ
Slick Goodlin
Drew Letchworth
The Permanent Press Corps
Christopher P. Beale
Richard Dupell
William Hall
John X. Heart
Ed Holmes
Jack Bruno Tate
Edward Anhalt
Grand Designer
Mary Apick
Woman Reporter
Robert Beer
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erik Bergmann
Eddie Hodges
James Brady
Aide to Lyndon B. Johnson
Katherine Conklin
Woman TV Reporter
Maureen Coyne
Waitress
Tom Dahlgren
Bell Aircraft Executive
John Lion
Peggy Davis
Sally Rand
John Dehner
Henry Luce
Robert Elross
Review Board President
Drew Eshelman
Assistant Scientist
Robert J. Geary
Game Show M.C.
Royce Grones
1st X-1 Pilot
David Gulpilil
Aborigine
Anthony Wallis
Australian Driver
Kaaren Lee
Young Widow
Sandy Kronemeyer
Cocoa Beach Girl
Frankie Di
Michael Pritchard
Texan
Edward Corbett
O-Lan Jones
Girl at Pancho's
Mark Todd
Astronaut Trainee
Allen Gebhardt
Fred
Ed Sullivan
SelfarchiveFootage
Gilbert Bazan
Spectatoruncredited
Alan Bendich
NYPD Patrolmanuncredited
Ronnie Dee Blaire
Voiceoveruncredited
Nikolai Bulganin
Self - Viewing Parade for Gagarinuncredited,archiveFootage
Bill Dana
José Jimenezuncredited,archiveFootage
Dorothy Duder
Woman in Audienceuncredited
Craig Elario
Selfuncredited
Shawn Flanagan
Fan at Cow Palaceuncredited
Yuri Gagarin
Self - Embracing Khrushchevuncredited,archiveFootage
Self - Standing Behind JFKuncredited,archiveFootage
John F. Kennedy
Selfuncredited,archiveFootage
Nikita Khrushchev
Self - Embracing Gagarinuncredited,archiveFootage
Christopher Kriesa
Mission Control Room Manuncredited
Georgi Malenkov
James Mathers
Capt. Millsuncredited
Michael David McGuire
Student Pilotuncredited
Anastas Mikoyan
Randy Outzen
Reporteruncredited
Mimi Sarkisian
New Mexico Nurse in Lobbyuncredited
Gregory Rae Stone
Hero Extrauncredited
Paula Telander
Party Guestuncredited
Tony Toscano
Jim Turner
Diaper Manuncredited
Kliment Voroshilov